DENVER (KDVR) — Unless Congress reaches a funding deal, SNAP benefits are set to run out in five days.
According to the governor’s office, the federal food assistance program helps feed about 600,000 Coloradans. But the state says it doesn’t have the capacity to foot the bill for the program. It’s why one Denver woman is taking the matter into her own hands, at least for the people in her own building.
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Leslie Comstock lives in a mostly low-income apartment complex off Blake Street in downtown Denver. Of the 33 families who live there, she estimates about 90% rely on SNAP benefits.
“I feel like we’re at a point societally where the time to wait for help is really over,” Comstock said…